hey rumours everywhere.
you have very valid points. fortunately for you guys in the pointy end, you are still treated well compared to us down the back.
you guys are expensive to train, your turnover is non existent compared to the waterfall of resignations that flood into that fish tank very frequently, and BALPA is a very strong union with balls that have been known to bring airlines to their knees. If BALPA threaten industrial action, management's pants get heavier because they know you mean business.
If cabin crew 89 or the TGWU were to threaten action, the raucous laughter from upstairs would still be echoing off the beehive walls in months to come.
Furthermore, how can we achieve the required percentage of union representation when turnover is so high? yes, some of us are all mouth, no action, but what do you sort out first, union membership, or trying to keep your crew to stay past the 6 month mark?
Its all in such tatters that where do you begin? yes, we're all stuck in that metal tube as one team, but when it comes to the crunch, you guys have respect, we don't. You guys can stick together cos you're smaller in numbers, and when was the last resignation amongst your ranks, a few months now.... there's probably one being handed into c.s as i write this......
we winge, we moan, we bitch, but in reality, what else 'realistically' can we do when things are rock bottom? lets hope things take a turn for the better.